I've been a business journalist specializing in the retail industry for over a decade, covering consumer news, company profiles and industry analysis pieces, as well as the intersection of business news and shopping, fashion and social trends. I was the retail and consumer reporter for AOL Huffington Post Media Group’s DailyFinance, the business and personal finance site, served as a contributing retail reporter for CNBC.com, and wrote for the Your Money section of The New York Daily News. Prior to that, I was the longtime senior retail editor for Home Furnishings News magazine, then a Fairchild/Conde Nast publication.